The Indiana Fever are beginning to play a few of their greatest basketball of the season, and are doing so whereas their prime participant and largest star — Caitlin Clark — stays sidelined as a consequence of damage. They scored one other spectacular win on Thursday evening by dominating the Las Vegas Aces, 81-54, to win their third recreation in a row and fourth out of the previous 5.
It was additionally the second straight recreation the place they restricted an opponent to lower than 60 factors, turning into the first team in the WNBA this season to carry opponents below 60 factors in back-to-back video games.
What makes these two wins much more spectacular as that they’ve come in opposition to two of the WNBA’s greatest groups in Las Vegas and the Minnesota Lynx.
The actual fact Indiana has been doing this lately with Clark sidelined is a testomony to how deep the roster has turn into.
On Thursday all 5 of their starters topped not less than seven factors, together with 4 of them ending with double-digits. Aliyah Boston completed with 20 factors and 7 rebounds, whereas Kelsey Mitchell paced the Fever with 25 factors.
Natasha Howard additionally had a giant recreation, ending with a double-double by recording 11 factors and 10 rebounds.
That depth was an enormous benefit on Thursday and a stark distinction to what Las Vegas was coping with. Whereas reigning league MVP A’ja Wilson had one other dominant evening offensively with a game-high 29 factors, the Aces didn’t have one different participant file greater than six factors (Jackie Younger).
Las Vegas had its star, and he or she principally shined. She simply did not have any assist round her.
Indiana did not have its star, however the remainder of the workforce got here by means of in a giant method. That was the distinction.
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